The connection between poverty and mental health in Costa Rica perpetuates hardship for individuals. Mental, neurological, substance-use disorders and suicide cause 22% of all disability and 35% of all years lived with disability in Costa Rica. These trends necessitate the need to investigate the ways in which impoverished people’s mental health is affected in Costa […]
Morocco is an economic powerhouse in Africa and according to the African Development Bank, it ranks as the second-largest economy on the continent. Interestingly, the country hasn’t always had such successes. Before the year 2000, Morocco scored poorly on many social, economic, environmental and institutional indicators. Life expectancy was below average, unemployment was high and […]
Nicknamed “the Maduro diet” after Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, hunger in Venezuela is one of the symptoms of their current humanitarian crisis. Once a thriving and one of the most promising economies in Latin America, and home to the world’s largest oil reserves, Venezuela’s current economy is among the worst in the world. Approximately nine […]
Peru’s capital city Lima is home to more than 10 million people, which is almost a third of the 33 million people who live in the country. Meanwhile, the second largest city in Peru, Arequipa, has just one-tenth of the population size of Lima, highlighting disproportionate overpopulation in the capital. The fact that such a […]
For the better part of half a century, China’s population has been the largest of any country in the world. A country so populous – its 2020 census reported a population of more than 1.4 billion – typically requires a sophisticated, well-equipped and well-informed health care system that all within the borders can access. Regarding […]
El Salvador is a small nation in Central America sharing borders with Honduras and Guatemala. A poor education system, high crime rate (namely because of gang warfare), homelessness and high migration, all represent the social issues in El Salvador. These social problems have been a catalyst for poverty in El Salvador, where 26% of Salvadorans […]
Art for Refugees in Transition or A.R.T. is an organization that focuses on helping refugees maintain their culture and tradition within their camp community. Each program begins the process of rebuilding refugee identities. The goal of A.R.T. is to help refugee children connect with their elders and find a sense of belonging. In 2003, the […]
The Emirates Red Crescent is a volunteer humanitarian organization that “supports official authorities in times of peace and war,” the International Humanitarian City says. As the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) main relief and aid agency, its main objective is to provide emergency response and organize relief coordination. Founded in 1983 through the support of the […]
Clubfoot is a congenital condition found in babies, where one or both feet turn inwards, making it difficult to walk if left untreated. In economically thriving countries, clubfoot is an easily treatable condition, but the same is not true in developing nations where it can impact and determine a child’s entire life. On the bright […]
For centuries, famine has been at the forefront of poverty and global health issues in the poorer regions of the world. Around 660 million people may still face hunger in 2030, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), with the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on global food security contributing to this figure. […]
